戒める

• 読み: いましめる
• ローマ字: imashimeru
• 漢字の分解: 戒 (kai/imashi) — precept, warning, discipline
• 発音: /i.ma.ɕi.me.ɾɯ/

意味

To warn; to admonish; to caution. Also means to punish or restrain as a corrective measure. Used when someone in authority corrects or cautions another.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb conjugated by dropping る and adding the appropriate ending. Combines the senses of verbal warning (admonishing) and physical restraint or punishment. In modern usage it most commonly means to reprove or counsel against repeating a mistake. The object is typically a person or a behaviour pattern such as 慢心 (overconfidence) or 怠慢 (negligence).

例文

1. 部長は遅刻を繰り返す部下を厳しく戒めた。
2. 先人たちは過ちを犯さぬよう、後世に向けて言葉を残し戒めた。
3. 慢心を戒める言葉は、どの時代にも受け継がれてきた。

使い方ガイド

場面: workplace, education, religion, philosophy

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese いましむ, derived from 忌む (imu, to avoid as taboo) combined with a causative suffix. The kanji 戒 depicts two hands holding a weapon in a ready position, signifying readiness to enforce discipline.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal